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We’ve just launched new data on the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Port Harcourt, Nigeria! Get insights on challenges and opportunities for the city’s entrepreneurs and visualize the data on our interactive site: https://ecosystems.andeglobal.org/snapshot/port-harcourt/2018/

Uber has launched its motorcycle service, UberBODA, in Nairobi, Kenya, five months after it first launched in Uganda.  Uber will have to compete with biggest rival Taxify’s offering, TaxifyBoda, and other local offerings such as GetBoda, VutaRide, SafeBoda, and BusyBoda.

Orange and MTN Group have announced a joint venture to enable interoperable payments across the continent, per a press release we received. The platform, called “Mowali” (apparently an acronym for ‘mobile wallet interoperability’), will make it possible to send  money between mobile money accounts issued by any mobile money provider. It’ll also be open to any mobile money provider in Africa, including banks, money transfer operators and other financial service providers.

Professor Mthuli Ncube, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development, has proposed that the government tax “satellite broadcasters and e-commerce platforms to provide local residents with services from offshore sources,” per Techzim. He added: “… in order to broaden the tax base, I propose to deem income earned by such non-resident service providers to be from a source within the country and liable to tax.”

TechCrunch is headed to Lagos to host its second Startup Battlefield Africa competition on December 11, 2018. Sub-Saharan Africa’s best innovators, makers and technical entrepreneurs are invited to attend this year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa. Get your tickets now!

Got a health tech startup operating in Nigeria? We would like to hear from you. We are putting together a map and analysis of the health tech sector that highlights the solutions innovators are bringing to bear on the problems of access to quality and affordable healthcare in Nigeria as well as provide actionable insights for policy makers, investors and entrepreneurs. Sign up here so we can feature your startup and to help us better understand the sector.

“Labs by ARM” is a 12-week intensive corporate accelerator powered by Ventures Platform. The accelerator is designed to help early and growth stage fintech companies commercialize and massively distribute their innovations. Applications are still open for the next 2 weeks, please apply at armlabs.com.ng

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